FOR EXAMPLE: "Israel would allow funds from Qatar to flow back to Hamas. This was against the recommendation of much of his own security establishment.... Those funds were used by Hamas to build tunnels and stockpile weapons....
The Israeli security apparatus often wanted to go after the leadership of Hamas in a concerted way.... They were kept from doing so by Netanyahu — because he needed Hamas as his foil against the PA. He had no long-term strategic objectives, only short-term political ones.
With Hamas in power... Netanyahu could claim there was no Palestinian partner for negotiation, and he could continue to crisscross the West Bank with settlements."
Every Netanyahu supporter justifying the carnage as the "need" to get rid of Hamas should be ashamed of themselves, as you can only hold that position through willful ignorance or moral dishonesty.
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